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burdock tea; gobo tea
A caffeine-free tea brewed from dried burdock root, drunk in Japan as a health beverage.
牛蒡茶を飲む。
To drink burdock tea.
母は毎朝牛蒡茶を入れる。
My mother makes burdock tea every morning.
牛蒡茶は体を温める健康茶として人気がある。
Burdock tea is popular as a health tea said to warm the body.
Made by steeping dried, often roasted burdock root. It contains no caffeine and is marketed as a 健康茶 (health tea), valued for fiber and a mild, earthy flavor.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 牛蒡茶を入れる: to make burdock tea
- 牛蒡茶を煮出す: to brew burdock tea by boiling
RELATED TERMS:
- 牛蒡: burdock (the root vegetable itself)
- 健康茶: health tea — herbal teas drunk for wellbeing